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+{
+  "name": "owncloud/core-replace",
+  "description": "...",
+  "replace": {
+    "doctrine/dbal": "^2.5",
+    "phpseclib/phpseclib": "^2.0",
+    "rackspace/php-opencloud": "v1.9.2",
+    "jeremeamia/superclosure": "^2.4",
+    "bantu/ini-get-wrapper": "v1.0.1",
+    "punic/punic": "^3.1",
+    "pear/archive_tar": "1.4.3",
+    "patchwork/utf8": "^1.3",
+    "symfony/console": "^3.1",
+    "symfony/event-dispatcher": "^3.1",
+    "symfony/routing": "^3.1",
+    "symfony/process": "^3.1",
+    "pimple/pimple": "3.2.3",
+    "nikic/php-parser": "^4.0",
+    "icewind/Streams": "0.5.2",
+    "swiftmailer/swiftmailer": "^6.0",
+    "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^5.3",
+    "league/flysystem": "^1.0",
+    "pear/pear-core-minimal": "^v1.10",
+    "interfasys/lognormalizer": "^v1.0",
+    "deepdiver1975/TarStreamer": "v0.1.0",
+    "patchwork/jsqueeze": "^2.0",
+    "lukasreschke/id3parser": "^0.0.3",
+    "sabre/dav": "^4.0.0-alpha5",
+    "deepdiver/zipstreamer": "^1.1",
+    "symfony/translation": "^3.4",
+    "zendframework/zend-inputfilter": "^2.8",
+    "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "^3.3",
+    "zendframework/zend-validator": "^2.10",
+    "composer/semver": "^1.4"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT"
+}